Next is developing the media, which is like solving a puzzle. It was about printing and assembling the elements of the pop-up book. Some tools were used to
help the work, such as; several kinds of papers, glue, cutters, scissors, ruler, etc. The next step was the implementation of the developed medium. The
medium was presented in front of the class, including the activities from the course grid. The feedback from the students was also collected after the try out by
filling a questionnaire. The next step is evaluating the media. The questionnaires were distributed
to the English teacher from SD N 2 Mranti and also the teachers from FECEFH. The responds were great. They gave some suggestions to revise the medium to
make it better. The final score for the whole evaluation is 87,39 and it is considered as “Very Good”
The last is revising the medium, including the teacher’s guide book. Some changes were made for the medium and also the guide book as needed. The final
product was considered as the final draft and it can be seen in the appendix. 3.
Characteristics of A Suitable Pop-up Book to Teach Reading for Children After finishing all of the steps above, the researcher concluded the
characteristics of a suitable pop-up book to teach reading for third grade students. The data were collected from the learning needs, the theories, the developing
process, and the evaluation, including the implementation and the suggestions from the evaluators.
The characteristics are explained in four main aspects, which are materials, instructional, media, and appearance. In term of material aspects, the
characteristics are: materials are clear, they have to be easy to learn, the language is easily understood, and the pictures used are matched well with the content.
Instructional aspects deal with the academic matter. The materials should be in sync with the standard of competence, basic competence, indicators, and
objectives. It also has to be culturally appropriate. Media aspect explained about the medium itself. It should be interesting,
easy to be used, easy to be brought and moved. The sections of each page should work well. The pictures are matched with the concept of the content and should be
arranged proportionally. The texts used are effective enough as inputs. Appearance aspects are all about the visual or the physical of the pop-up
book. The colors should be attractive but not too much. The font and the size of the pictures should fit the medium. It is important to choose high quality pictures
to be used in the medium to prevent it from fading or blurring.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
A. Conclusions
There are five aspects concluded this chapter. They are the learning needs, the steps in developing a Pop-up book, the product, the result, and the research
problem. Each aspect is explained as follow:
1. The Learning Needs
The respondents were 34 students of grade 3 of SD N 2 Mranti Purworejo in the academic year of 20142015. The age of the students varied from 8 to 9
years old. From the questionnaire and field note that were collected before, it can be concluded that the teaching and learning process in the class was monotonous.
The teacher rarely used interesting media during classroom practice. The teacher only used
LKS
to deliver the materials, give exercises, and even homework.
2. The Steps in Developing a
Pop Up
book
This study is aimed at developing Pop-up book as a medium to teach reading to the third grade elementary school students. The development of this
Pop-up book basically comes from the RD theory by Gall and Borg 2003: 570. Based on the theory, the development consists of eight steps i.e. conducting a
needs analysis, formulating instructional design, designing, producing, assessing, revising, implementing, and evaluating media. However in the process, the
researcher modified the steps to make it more suitable for the medium development. The steps were conducting needs analysis, constructing instructional
design, designing, developing, trying out, evaluating, revising, and developing the
final media. 3.
Product
The size of the Pop-book is quite big. It is 48x30 centimeters since the developed medium is used as an input for a big number of students. The elements
of each page of the Pop-up book are the same. For the cover and the pages, thick ivory papers are used. To make them stronger, between two papers, there is a very
thick carton paper. The hardest part is to link the pages as one to be a big book, because a
ny kind of glue wouldn’t work. In the end, spiral wire became the only good option for it.
4. Result
a. Implementation result
Implementation was done bef ore the evaluation. The students’ respond
was really great. They scored the pop-up book 91,18. The score indicates that the Pop-up book is very good. It is supported with the interview after the
implementation. The data show that the Pop-up book has some good points which can be broken into two points in the following explanation:
1. Interesting
The Pop-up book is designed to attract students’ attention and make them
enjoy the learning activities. The popping part of the medium were completely captured the students’ heart. They always anticipated the next page excitedly. As a
result, they pay attention to the lesson until the very end.
2. Easy to understand
The story in the Pop-up book is very easy to understand. The text type used in the medium is descriptive. The story basically shows the animal sounds.
The
Pop Up
book provides a certain repetitions in the sentences to introduce the animal and their sounds. The pictures also help the students to understand the
content better. In the end, the students can understand and remember the main point of the lesson easily.
b. Evaluators results
From the result of the evaluation, it is concluded that the medium is very good and feasible to be used as an instructional medium to teach reading for third
grade elementary school students. The recapitulation of the average score given by the evaluators is shown below:
Table 22: Recapitulation of the Average Score Given by the Evaluators Aspects
Score
Materials 88,57
Instructional 80,36
Media 90,62
Appearance 90
Total 349,55
Average
87,39
5. Research Problems
In the process of developing the Pop-up book, the only problem happened was how to make it become a book. Any kind of glue was not strong enough to
add the pages together. In the end the spiral wire was chosen, since it is very strong. Even though the price is somehow unreasonable, seeing the medium now,
it is worth it.
